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. 1996 Jul;64(7):2857–2860. doi: 10.1128/iai.64.7.2857-2860.1996

The GafD protein of the G (F17) fimbrial complex confers adhesiveness of Escherichia coli to laminin.

S Saarela 1, B Westerlund-Wikström 1, M Rhen 1, T K Korhonen 1
PMCID: PMC174156  PMID: 8698525

Abstract

Escherichia coli IHE11088(pRR-5) expressing the G (F17) fimbria adhered to immobilized laminin as well as to reconstituted basement membranes. No adhesion was seen with the plasmidless strain IHE11088 or with the deletion derivative IHE11088(pHUB110), which expresses the G-fimbrial filament with a defective GafD lectin and lacks N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-specific binding. Adhesion of IHE11088(pRR-5) to laminin and to reconstituted basement membranes was specifically inhibited by N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, and adhesion was abolished after N-glycosidase F treatment of laminin. The results show that the GafD lectin binds to laminin carbohydrate and suggest a novel function for the F17 fimbria in binding to mammalian basement membranes.

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